MNIOTILTA. 



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mil drpregnal ; rictus with long hriatlet. 



SAtophaginas. Hill muuli (leprt^riitud ; uoiiHiiluralily broader tliau 

 liigli ; tint tip mure or lent) liooktxl, witli diHtiiict notch. 

 HrJHtlui) lt)i^tht)iit)<l, rtrauhiiig half wa/ or luoru froui tho 

 iiONtriU to tip of bill. 



The Hyiiopsirt of the sections and generic characters of the Sdo- 

 jihtujiiiw will be found riirliici" on under the head of tliat subfamily. 



As already reniaikcd, the species of Hylvt lidee, as Iiere re- 

 stricted, are all «)f very small size, scarcely exceeding six inches ia 

 length, usually less ; Ivteria alone is larger. 



Sdbpamily SYLVICOLlNifi. 



MNIOTILTA, ViKiLL. 



Aliiiotiltn, ViEiLLOT, Analyse, 1810, 45. (T/pe Figuier varU^ Buff. 

 {Molncilla varia, Linn.)). 



IMuiotilta varia. 



MutacUln varia, Linn. S. N. 1, 1766, 333. — Certhia varia, Vieillot; An- 

 DUBON. — Miiidlitta varia, Vieili,ot, Gal. Ois. I, 1834, 276, pi. 169. 

 — AuD., GossE.— Baiud, Birds N. Am. 1858, 235.— Sclatkb, P. Z. S. 



1858, 298 (Oaxaca, Xalapa) ; 1859, 363 (Xalapa) ; 1855, 143 (Bo- 

 gota) ; 1856, 291 (Cordova) ; 1864, 172 (City of Mex.).— Ib. Catal. 

 1861, 25, no. 162 —Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, 10 (Guatemala).— New- 

 ton, Ibis, 1859, 143 (Santa Cruz ; winter).— Cab. Jour. Ill, 475 (Cuba ; 

 winter). — Bkyant, Fr. Bost. Soo. 1S59 (Bahamas; April 20). — 

 GossB, Birds Jam. 134 (Jamaica; winter). — Josks, Nat. Bermuda, 



1859, 29 (October).— Cab. Jour. 1860, 328 (Costa Rica).— Law- 

 rence, Ann. N. Y. Lyo. 1861, 322 (Panama R. R. ; winter).— 

 GuNDL. Cab. Jouru. 1' 61, 326 (Cuba; very common). 



Certhia maculata, WiLs. — Mniotilla bvrvalis, Nutt. 



Mniotilta varia, var. loiigiroslris, Baikd, Birds N. Am. 1858, xxxi, no. 



167.- 1b. Catal. in 8vo. lt>59, no. 167*. 

 Figures: AuD. Orn. Biog. V, pi. 90; Birds Am. II, pi. 114. — Wilson, 



Am. Orn. Ill, pi. xix. 



Ilnh. Eastern province of North America, and north to Fort Simpson. 

 Until coasts of Mexico (as far north as Mazatlan, on west side), and south- 

 ward to Bogota. Whole West Indies and Bermuda. 



Localities (pioted. Bahamas ; Bermuda ; Cuba ; Jamaica ; Santa Cruz ; W. 

 Indies ; Cordova, Xalapa, Oaxaca, Mex. ; Guatemala ; Panama R. R. ; Bogota. 



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